Hand Stamped By Lacey

Vacation Sale

Hello stamping friends!

I mentioned yesterday that we are going to be on vacation next week.

Therfore, while we are away, how about a sale?

Orders placed during this time will ship out on July 8th & 9th.

 

New Whimsy Stamps

Hello stamping friends!!

Vacation Notice:

We will be on vacation next week.

Order placed by midnight EST tonight WILL ship out tomorrow.

However, orders placed AFTER Midnight tonight will NOT ship out until July 8th & 9th.

Also, the new Whimsy Stamps have arrived...

I'm so excited!!

The new Little Cottage Cuties release includes 2 Elizabeth Bell designs that were previously retired from Bells n Whistles!! These are my favorite Elizabeth Bell designs!!

Here are a few projects I made using these re-released designs.

Polka Dott (Previously "Sweet Apples")...

and Sweet n Sassy (formerly "Pretty in Patches)...

Thanks for stopping by! Happy stamping!

~Lacey

ABC Christmas Challenge: M is for Mice or Men

Hello stamping friends!!

Today is the new ABC Christmas Challenge: M is for Mice or Men

This challenge is sponsored by:

and 

Here is my card...

It's been awhile since I used this cutie from Whiff of Joy. This is Angel Henry Mouse. The papers are Winter Wishes from Echo Park along with Merry Christmas Sentiment from High Hopes Rubber Stamps, Tag Banner Die from CC Designs, Scalloped Stitch Lace DooHickey from Magnolia, Liquid Pearls, and Stickles.

The sketch is from Papertake Weekly. 

The image was embossed on watercolor paper and watercolored with Twinkling H2Os then cut out and attached with dimensional foam tape... 

Now it's your turn! The challenge runs through Tuesday, July 9th. 

This is also for the following challenges:

Crimbo Crackers: You've had it how long? The stamp is about 4 years old. The papers are from last Christmas.

Creative Craft Challenges: Stitching (faux stitching on the scalloped die)

Tuesday Throwdown: Glitz and Glimmer (lots of sparkle in real life from the stickles)

Thanks for stopping by! Happy stamping!

~Lacey

High Hopes Challenge: Lots of Layers

Hello stamping friends!!

This card was a Winner at the ABC Challenges!!

Today is a new High Hopes Challenge: Lots of Layers

One random participant will win 1 Free High Hopes stamp. However, you MUST use a High Hopes stamp to enter the challenge. 

This past weekend, we went to a friend's 8th Birthday party. Here is the card I created for him...

This is Super Dragon and Buddy's Birthday Sentiment from High Hopes Rubber Stamps. The papers are a combination from my stash, Perfect Summer and Dots and Stripes from Echo Park along with Party Banner and Bottom Line Dies from My Favorite Things and Banner Tag Die from CC Designs.

The image was embossed in black onto watercolor paper and watercolored with Twinkling H2Os... 

Now it's your turn! The challenge runs through 7pm EST Monday, July 1st.

This is also for the following challenges:

Get Inkly Challenge: Red White and Blue

Lady Anne's Challenge: Great Outdoors

Paper Playtime: Red, White, and Blue

ABC Challenges: Red, White, and Blue

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Stamping!

~Lacey

More Soccer cards

Hello stamping friends!!

I hope you had a lovely weekend. Yesterday was my 12th wedding anniversary so my husband and I had a date night on Friday night while the kids went to a friend's house for a sleep over. On Saturday, we went to a Comedy Club with a group of friends while the kids were at a baby sitter. Then on Sunday we went to church followed by a friend's 8th Brithday Pool Party. I will share the card I made for our little friend tomorrow. 

In the mean time, I have a few more soccer cards to share. These were made for my daughter's Soccer Coaches for the end-of-season party a few weeks ago...

There is a major lack of soccer images for girls! My daughter has been with the same coach for a few seasons so I don't want to reuse the same stamp each season! But I figured this image from Kenny K is as good as any for a soccer coach. The image is called Anime Soccer. The papers are a mix from my stash, but the black paper is Dots and Stripes from Echo Park, Grass DooHickey from Magnolia, and Black Rhinestones.  

This is also for the following challenges: 

Here Come the Boys: Let's get Dotty

2 Sisters Challenge: Summer Fun

My Time to Craft: Spots and Stripes

The Artistic Stamper: Makes for Men

Diecut Divas: Guys and Boys

Thanks for stopping by! Happy stamping!

~Lacey

Stamp and Create with Magnolia: Summer Fun

Hello stamping friends!!

I hope you are having a great week! I am watching my friend's kids this Summer so we are having a ton of fun. The other day we went to the Alligator Farm in St. Augustine, FL. It was so fun to learn about the different alligators and to see them up close!

Here are the kids in front of a viewing window around the main "American Alligator" pool (mine are the ones on the right).

This is a close up of one of the Alligators in the main pool.

They had a show where they just talk about the animals. The trainer was showing the audience the might of the jaws when snapped shut. This guy kept him mouth open until it was time. They seemed to actually know their names, too! 

This was a later show where they actually feed the alligators. The trainer was standing on a platform and we were directly behind him (there wasn't any room anywhere else). So this was just below us!! 

In the back of the park, there is a boardwalk that goes over a huge late with about a hundred alligators! These seem to be a little smaller than the ones in the "show" pool. Maybe they these are younger gators? Anyway, there were machines where you can buy pellets to feed the gators. These were only a few of the gators in the lake. 

Ok, on to crafty stuff...

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Today is the new Stamp and Create with Magnolia Challenge:

Summer Fun (Outdoor activities)

One random participant will win 1 Free Magnolia stamp from Stamp and Create.

Here is my card...

This is Flip Flop Tilda. The papers are Perfect Summer from Echo Park along with Party Banner and Bottom Line Numbers Dies from My Favorite Things, Bloomy Tag DooHickey from Magnolia, Pearls, Collectable Notables Pins, stickles, and flowers.

The sketch is from Dutch Magnolia Lovers.

The image was embossed in black onto watercolor paper and watercolored with Twinkling H2Os... 

Now it's your turn! The challenge runs through 7pm EST Thursday, July 4th. 

This is also for the following challenges:

Total Tilda Challenge: Going for a Song (Blue Hawaii from Elvis)

Marvelous Magnolia: Bright Colors

Midweek Magnolias: BBQ/Summer

Magnolia Down Under: Anything Magnolia

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Stamping!

~Lacey

High Hopes Slider Image Tutorial

Hello stamping friends!!

I had someone contact me a few weeks ago about how I made this card...

It was such a long time ago, I wasn't able to give her instructions without doing that type of card again. Since it's Tutorial Tuesday Time over at the High Hopes Blog, I figured it would be a good time to create a tutorial.

I also missed the High Hopes "Summer Time" Challenge last week and the ABC Christmas: L is for "Make us Laugh" or "Less is More" so I've created this card for both of those challenges.

Here is my card...

You can find he tutorial here.

Here's a close up of the image...

Thanks for stopping by! Happy stamping!

~Lacey

 

Humphrey's Corner Father's Day

Hello stamping friends!!

I hope you had a lovely weekend and all of the husbands and dads in your life has a great Father's Day. 

Imentioned that a friend commissioned me to make some Father's Day cards for her. Here is the last one I created for her...

This is the adorable Father's Day image from Humphrey's Corner. The papers are All About a Boy from Echo Park along with Cloud & Flag DooHickey from Magnolia and Twine.

The image was embossed in black onto watercolor paper and watercolored with Twinkling H2Os... 

This is also for the following challenges...

Addicted to Stamps: Pennants

Amusing Challenges: Ribbon or Twine

Catered Crop Challenges: For the Boys

Dream Valley Challenges: Father's Day/Male 

Here Come the Boys: Let's go Dotty

Thanks for stopping by! Happy stamping!

~Lacey

Popcorn Bear Father's Day

Hello stamping friends!! 

Happy Father's Day to all of the Dads out there. I hope it's a day filled with relaxation and fun!

And a special Happy Father's Day to the very best Dad around - my hubby Scott...

And to my Daddy who is celebrating Father's Day with our Heavenly Father...

My father passed away almost 6 years ago and I don't have any pictures of him on this computer but I found one with Ryan when he was just 14 months old.

As I mentioned before, my friend asked me to make her some Father's Day cards. Here is the 2nd card I made for her...

This is the adorable Father's Day from Popcorn Bear. I think it's one of my favorite Father's Day stamps.

The papers are Collectable Notable from My Mind's Eye along with Teal Pearls.

It's a large image so I kept the layout simple. 

The image was embossed in black onto watercolor paper and watercolored with Twinkling H2Os... 

This is also for the following challenges:

2 Sisters Challenge: Just for Dad

Paper Creator's Crafts: Make it Sparkle

Thanks for stopping by! Happy stamping!

~Lacey

Father's Day Card #1

Hello stamping friends!!

Well, I have almost survived my first week of kids and with extra kids at that!! The kids had a fun time at Vacation Bible School, playing with the kittens, and going to the pool a few times. But I am tired!! I'm looking forward to a nice relaxing Father's Day Weekend!

I haven't had much stamping this lately. My back and knees have been bothering me and it was uncomfortable to sit at my stamping desk. But I had to push through some of it because a friend commissioned some Father's Day cards for her.

Here is the first Father's Day card I made for her...

This is the adorable Relax from Mulberry Wood. There are so many cute designs in this line. The papers are All About a Boy from Echo Park (except the cloud paper which is from my stash) along with Lovely Fence and Grass DooHickey from Magnolia and CC Designs Cloud Die.

The sketch is a version of Deconstructed Sketch (flipped).

The image was embossed in black onto Watercolor paper and watercolored with Twinkling H2O2... 

This is also for the following challenges...

Dutch Dare Card Challenge: For Dad

Souther Girl Challenges: Punches or Dies

Crafting by Designs: Father's Day/Male

Crafting for All Seasons: One for the Guys

Little Red Wagon: Use 3 or more papers

Thanks for stopping by! Happy stamping!

~Lacey

Soccer birthday

Hello stamping friends!

I'm really behind with stuff. This should have been posted on Monday morning. But my Monday didn't exactly go as planned!

First off, we adopted 2 kittens on Friday. Meet Oreo and Coco:

Ryan's new kitten (which, let's face it, is actually my kitten because Ryan doesn't have the patience to take care of a kitten) is Oreo...

Don't know what's cuter - the kitten or the "many faces of Ryan"! So far Oreo is both a lovable cat and a playful one. She will snuggle and let you kiss all over her. But then she's a frisky thing and loves to chance cat toys and hair rubber bands. She doesn't purr a lot but she cries if you leave her in the room by herself. She does not like the dog at all yet. But she will stalk her and keep a close eye on her. 

Ansley's new kitten is Coco (aka Coconut; aka Coco Loco)...

Coco is a gentle thing. She's also a VERY lazy cat. Granted she had just gotten fixed the day before we adopted her so I think she was still recovering. But I was starting to get concerned that she was sick. However, after a day or two, she would get more playful and today she was all over the place. So far she lets Ansley carry her around all the time. She purrs constantly but she has a "broken" meow! Her meow comes out more like a very quiet squeak! Although she's not as playful as Oreo, she is more open to the dog Princess and will probably be the first one who is willing to play with her. 

The kids are so happy to have their new pets. They still miss Scout so much and Ansley even cried again today when I was telling a friend about last week.

So, now you know we have two new pets in the house which will lead into my not-so-wonderful Monday story. In addition to have 2 new pets, I am watching my friend's two kids over the Summer. Then another friend's summer babysitter went on vacation so I offered to watch her two kids as well. Therefore, on Monday, I had 6 kids including my own two kids. 

Now my back and knees have been hurting me lately making it hard to sleep. Although I went to bed at a decent time Sunday night, I didn't actually fall asleep until around 2am. Then my husband had to get up at 5:30 which woke me up. At 7am, I had to get out of bed to get ready to have the kids arrive. After getting out of the shower, I realized that the dog had an accident in her bed - a BIG mess! I'll leave out of horrible details, but just image that the dog bed, dog cage, AND dog all needed to be scrubbed!

At 7:30 the first two kids arrive. My hair is now a big frizz ball because I noticed the dog mess as I was getting out of the shower (the dog crate is in our bathroom) and didn't bother to brush my wet hair. My hair + moisture = Chia Pet! Now I have 2 kids, a dog that is in the tub waiting for a bath, half of a cage to clean. I wake up my two kids who managed to sleep through this whole thing and get them started on breakfast. Enter the 2nd round of kids. Now Ryan decides he wants to show his friend Oreo. Well, Oreo apparently was on her way up the stairs to the litter box when Ryan grabbed her and guess what...yes, she had an accident! Luckily he was holding her away from him so it just went on the tile floor. Are you kidding me? Now I have dog poop in a cage, dog poop on the dog, and cat poop on the tile floor! Oh, I have to get 6 kids to Vacation Bible School in an hour!! 

We managed to get all cleaned up and bathed and at VBS in time. But in the afternoon, our garage refrigerator died (again)! Luckily I noticed it before everything melted or went bad! Needless to so, I had a rough Monday!

Ok, so onto my card that should have been posted on Monday. I made this card at the request of a friend for a birthday party for a girl on their soccer team (the 64 is her shirt number, not her age)...

I used Football Crazy from Popcorn Bear. The papers are My Girl paper from My Mind's Eye. The name was diecut using By the Letters Uppercase and Lowercase from My Favorite Things.

The image was embossed in black onto watercolor paper and watercolored with Twinkling H2Os... 

I know the Mom liked the card, but I hope the little girl liked it! :-)

The current challenge at Stamp and Create Blog is: Summer Fun and this image is perfect for the challenge. Come play along. The challenge runs through 7pm EST Sunday, July 1st.

This card is also for the following challenges:

Cards and More: Summer Fun

Deep Ocean Challenge: For a Girl

Cutie Pie Challenge: One for the Kids

Thanks for stopping by! Happy stamping!

Stamp and Create with Magnolia: Summer Bright

Hello stamping friends!

It's been a busy week. And a sad one, too. 

First up, my daughter "graduated" from Elementary school and was promoted to Middle School on Wednesday (she's the little one in the middle in the purple dress)...

She also received an award for "Top Hawk" and recognition of being a class representative for Student Council...

But it was also a sad day. We had to put our 10 or 11 month old cat to sleep as well (we're not sure old she was since we was a rescue cat). She stopped eating and when we took her to the vet, they discovered that she had a large tumor in her lungs. My kids were devistated and didn't take it very well. Scout will be dearly missed.

Here she is when we first got her...

And her are some picture of her over the 9 months we had her...

Now on to our new challenge...

Stamp and Create with Magnolia has a new challenge:

Summer Bright

We want to see a Summer Themed Magnolia image with Bright colors on your card!

On random participant will win 1 Free Magnolia stamp of your choice at Stamp and Create.

For my card, I decided to try the "No Lines" technique on one of the new release images...

This is called Forget Me Knot Tilda from the Special Moments Collection (which is currently 10% off). The papers are Collectable Notable from My Mind's Eye along with Lovely Fence DooHickey, Buttercream Blooms, Ivory Encore Flowers, Turquoise Encore Flowers, Light Green Mini Roses, Teal Pearls, Liquid Pearls, and Crystal Stickles.   

The sketch is from Crafting Life's Pieces. 

The image was stamped in Black Stazon twice before stamping onto watercolor paper then watercolored with Twinkling H2Os... 

I'm not sure I'm totally thrilled with the results. I know the No Lines stamping is all the rage at the moment, but it's an "aquired" look I think. And of course, this was my first time so I'm not sure I did it well. But it was fun trying it for the first time. 

Now it's your turn! The challenge runs through 7pm EST Thursday, June 20th.

This is also for the following challenges:

Midweek Magnolia: Anything Goes

Marvelous Magnolia: Anything Goes

Totally Tilda: Going Postal

Magnolia Down Under: Bling it Baby (lots of stickles and some pearls)

Crafting with Dragonflies: One for the Girls

Thanks for stopping by! Happy stamping!

~Lacey

High Hopes Challenge: Thank You

Hello stamping friends!!

Today is the new High Hopes Challenge: Thank You Card

Let's see a Teacher or Coach Thank you card, or just any type of Thank You card. 

One random participant will win 1 Free High Hopes Stamp. 

But you MUST use a High Hopes Stamp to enter the challenge. 

Here is my card...

You might be getting sick of the same colors on my cards, but these are the colors of our school. The High School, neighborhood football and soft ball teams are the "Knights", so I thought this would make a good Teacher or Coach Thank You card.

The image is Fearless Knight from High Hopes Rubber Stamps. The gold background paper is from my stash, but the black paper is from Echo Park's Dots and Stripes. I also used some Twine, Black Rhinestones, and Cloud & Flag DooHickey from Magnolia.

The image was embossed in black onto watercolor paper and watercolored with Twinkling H2Os... 

Now it's your turn! The challenge runs through 7pm EST Monday, June 10th.

This is also for the following challenges:

ABC Challenge: Masculine 

My Craft Creations: Spots and Stripes

Pause Dream Enjoy: Use Foam Tape (under the pennants)

Catered Crop: Yellow

Crafting when we can: Punches or Dies

Pile it On: Stripes and or Plaid

Thanks for stopping by! Happy stamping!

~Lacey

Stamp and Create Challenge: Summer Fun

Hello stamping friends!!

I hope you had a lovely weekend! We had a busy one with a HUGE successful garage sale to help raise money for a Mission's Trip this summer for some families at our church. I was going to go on the trip, but it doesn't look like this is the right trip for me but there will be other ones we can do. However, the garage sale raised $1150 in 7 hours!! 

This past week, I chaperoned two field trips. Ansley's 5th grade to the skating rink...

Yes, I had to prove to my daughter that I could still rollerblade at 41! I skated for about 30 minutes and was great - didn't fall once. HOWEVER, that night I was a "little" bit sore!!

Then the next day I chaperoned Ryan's 2nd grade class to the High School to their Agriculture Club. What a fun day! They walked from the Elementary school to the High School (about 1/2 mile walk) then we saw their greenhouse, veggie garden, butterfly garden, and we made butter. We extracted Strawberry DNA...

And we visited their pigs and chickens (and pet a donkey, cow, and horse that were brought in for the day)...

It was a really fun day. But between the skating and walking/standing for 4 hours the next day, my back was killing me. Then add the garage sale on Saturday (which I tried to sit as much as I could- the guys seemed to be much better than me anyway) and by Sunday, I had to spend most of the day in bed with a heating pad! I'm feeling better today, but I think I'm going to have to skip helping with the end of school BBQ on Tuesday. :-(

Anyway, Wednesday is the kids' last day of school. I look forward to spending some fun time with the kids going to the beach, pool, zoo, movies, bowling, and some trips. But I know they will start to drive me crazy shortly and I will eat my words! LOL Plus it's a little bit of a challenge to keep up with DT work and the store while they are home. However, we will get on a schedule (they will do some reading and math while I'm packing up orders) then we can have fun once the work is done! 

Ok, so now it's time for a new Monthly Challenge at Stamp and Create!

The challenge theme: Summer Fun

Let's see some fun outdoor Summery activities on your card or projects!

One random participant will win a $25 Gift Certificate to Stamp and Create. 

Now here's my card...

I made this card for the Team Mom for Ansley's Soccer team. This is the adorable Football Crazy from Popcorn Bear. I used an assortment of scrap papers to match their colors (Gold, White, and Black). The black polkadot is from Dots and Stripes from Echo Park along with some Black Rhinestones and Grass DooHickey from Magnolia.